GSLIScast: LIS Research

FLO Mini-Conference - Google Analytics

Simmons College GSLIS — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:45:00 -0400

On June 9th, 2009, Fenway Libraries Online held their first annual mini-conference at Simmons College in Boston. Rachel Keeler and Paul Hoffman from the FLO office closed the day with an introduction to and overview of Google Analytics.

FLO Website :: Fenway Libraries Online
Slide Presentation :: PDF Format / 3.21 MB
Partners In Rhyme / Happy 1 :: Music used in this episode.

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FLO Mini-Conference - Website Usability at MassArt

Simmons College GSLIS — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:40:00 -0400

On June 9th, 2009, Fenway Libraries Online held their first annual mini-conference at Simmons College in Boston. Jen Greene and Gabrielle Reed from MassArt gave a presentation on website usability after the midday break.

FLO Website :: Fenway Libraries Online
Slide Presentation :: PDF Format / 909 KB
Kevin MacLeod / Sonatina :: Music used in this episode.

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FLO Mini-Conference - Using LibQual for Assessment

Simmons College GSLIS — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:33:00 -0400

On June 9th, 2009, Fenway Libraries Online held their first annual mini-conference at Simmons College in Boston. George Hart of UMass Boston gave the second presentation of the day on LibQual.

FLO Website :: Fenway Libraries Online
Slide Presentation :: PDF Format / 765 KB
Partners In Rhyme / Arabian Salsa :: Music used in this episode.

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FLO Mini-Conference - The Importance of Assessment

Simmons College GSLIS — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:28:00 -0400

On June 9th, 2009, Fenway Libraries Online held their first annual mini-conference at Simmons College in Boston. Peter Hernon, a full-time professor in GSLIS, gave the opening keynote address. He teaches in the areas of government information, public policy, evaluation of library services, research methods, and academic libraries.

San Francsico Public Library :: Link visited during the presentation.
FLO Website :: Fenway Libraries Online
Peter Hernon :: Bio of the presenter.
Partners In Rhyme / Saxy French 1 :: Music used in this episode.

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Open Acess Week - Interview with Peter Suber

Simmons College GSLIS — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:19:00 -0400

In celebration of the Open Access week, October 19-24, 2009, Professor Peter Suber, Berkman Fellow at Harvard University and Senior Researcher at SPARC, is being interviewed. Professor Suber explains what the GSLIS students at Simmons College can do to promote open access and lists the long-term benefits for their professional career. Professor Suber also touches the role that libraries and universities can play in the promotion of freely available research of scholarly communication.

Peter Suber's Website :: For more information on Professor Suber.
Berkman Center for Internet and Society :: A research program at Harvard Law School founded to explore cyberspace, share in its study, and help pioneer its development.
SPARC Website :: The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition

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World Heritage Memory Net: World Culture and Heritage at Your Finger-tips

Simmons College GSLIS — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:06:00 -0400

On April 17th, 2009, Dr. Ching-chih Chen gave the Annual Speech at the Simmons Beta Phi Mu Annual Meeting at Simmons College in Boston, demoing her World Heritage Memory Net Project for the audience. Professor Chen is author and editor of 35 books and more than 200 articles in the areas of information technology, management, and global digital libraries. She’s received countless awards, including the 2008 American Library Association Beta Phi Mu Award.

Slide Presentation :: PDF Format / 3.85 MB
Beta Phi Mu Award :: Announcement on ALA website.
Professor Ching-chih Chen :: Presenter's bio.
Project Director, NSF/IDLP Global Memory Net :: Global Memory Net website
Project Director, World Heritage Memory Net :: In partnership with UNESCO/World Heritage Center
Kevin MacLeod / One Sly Move :: Music used in this episode.

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Understanding Human Information Interaction

Simmons College GSLIS — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:07:00 -0400

Gary Marchionini is Cary C. Boshamer Professor in the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina where he teaches courses in human-information interaction, interface design and testing, and digital libraries. He heads the Interaction Design Laboratory at their School of Information and Library Science. On September 15, 2008 he presented a talk, sponsored by NEASIS&T, entitled “Understanding Human Information Interaction” at Simmons College in Boston, Massachusetts.

Slide Presentation. :: PDF Format / 2.01 MB
Kevin MacLeod / Bad Ideas (clean) :: Music used in this podcast.
NEASIS&T :: The event sponsor's website.
Podcast Transcript :: Complete transcript of this episode.

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Next Generation Library Catalogs: David Lindahl

Simmons College GSLIS — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:02:00 -0500

David Lindahl is Director of Digital Library Initiatives for the River Campus Libraries. He has extensive experience in library-related digital research and design projects, and is responsible for advanced development of all aspects of library systems including the library catalog and the institutional repository at the University of Rochester.

At Xerox PARC, where he was previously employed, Mr. Lindahl received a user interface patent for the design of an image search and retrieval tool that integrated with an ILS. In addition, he was also the co-principal investigator of a recent IMLS National Leadership Grant, which involved a large user study and the development of enhanced functionality and interface features. He is currently a principal investigator on an IMLS-funded study of graduate student work practices as well as being a principal investigator for the eXtensible Catalog Project.

Next Generation Library Catalogs Website :: Event sponsors.
Slides With Audio :: Via Slideshare.
eXtensible Catalog Website ::
Slide Presentation :: PDF format 4.6 MB
Microfluid / Underwater :: Music used in the podcast.
Podcast Transcript :: Complete transcript of this episode.

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PLG Skillshare: Student Scholarship in the Open Access Age

Simmons College GSLIS — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 12:02:00 -0400

On Saturday, September
22, 2007 the Simmons chapter of the Progressive Librarians Guild sponsored the second annual GSLIS Skill Share, an event designed to promote teaching and learning within the GSLIS student body. The keynote speakers for the event
were Eli Guinnee from the University at Buffalo and Amy Buckland from McGill University in Montreal. Eli was the founding editor of Library Student Journal, a student-initiated, student-edited professional journal and a proud supporter of the Open Access movement. Amy is the incoming editor-in-chief.

Slides with audio :: via SlideShare
Slide Presentation :: PDF Format, 2 MB
Library Student Journal :: Main Web site for LSJ
Simmons Progressive Librarians Guild :: Event sponsor
Kevin McLeod / How it Begins :: Music used in this podcast
Podcast Transcript :: Complete transcript of this episode.

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Video: Supporting Users in Complex Information Seeking

Simmons College GSLIS — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 17:21:00 -0400

Sheila Denn is an Assistant Professor at the Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science. She is currently completing her dissertation through the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where she has focused on metadata needs for government statistical data, human-computer interaction for complex information-seeking, and the relationship of metadata to human-computer interaction. She recently spoke to GSLIScast about her research into the ways students search for and retrieve information on the Web, which she presented as part of a GSLIS research colloquium on April 17, 2007.

Google Video version :: Watch this video podcast via Google Video
About Sheila Denn :: Sheila Denn's faculty profile.
Kevin McLeod / Winter Chimes :: Music used in this podcast.

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